Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuflamincran’

ABSTRACT

A  Crysanthemum  plant named ‘Zanmuflamincran’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with red-purple ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date September 6 (week 36) ; blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat.

Cultivar denomination: ‘Zanmuflamincran’.

RELATED CULTIVARS

The new plant is related to ‘Zanmuflamin’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,589). The new cultivar is a mutant of ‘Zanmuflamin’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat., commercially known as a garden mum, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar denomination ‘Zanmuflamincran’. The new plant is a product of a breeding and selection program which had the objective of finding color mutants from existing parent plants. The new plant comprises a whole plant mutant of the parent Chrysanthemum named ‘Zanmuflamin’. Plants from the new cultivar ‘Zanmuflamincran’ differ from plants of the female parent in the color of the ray-florets. The color is red-purple in the mutant, while it is purple in the parent.

The new cultivar was discovered as a color mutant in September 2006 by Wilhelmus Bemardus Blom in a controlled environment (greenhouse) in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands. The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Zanmuflamincran’ was accomplished when after planting of the mutant as a motherplant in Rijsenhout; vegetative cuttings from this mutant were taken and propagated further. The new cultivar has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive propagations.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention of a new and distinct variety of Chrysanthemum is shown in the accompanying drawings, the color being as nearly true as possible with color photographs of this type.

FIG. 1 shows a plant of the cultivar in full bloom.

FIG. 2 shows the various stages of blooms of the new cultivar.

FIG. 3 shows the various stages of foliage of the new cultivar.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The observations and measurements were gathered from plants grown out door in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands, under natural day length and temperature and planted in week 23 in 2010. The natural blooming date of this crop was September (week 36). The average height of the plants was 35 cm. No gowth retardants were used. No tests were done on disease or insects resistance or susceptibility. No tests were done on cold or drought resistance. This new variety produces medium sized blooms with red-purple ray florets blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar existing cultivar in comparison to ‘Zanmuflamincran’ are its parent ‘Zanmuflamin’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,589), and another colour mutant ‘Zanmuflaminpine’, developed from the same parent (U.S. Plant Patent Application Pending) . When ‘Zanmuflamin’ and ‘Zanmuflamincran’, ‘Zanmuflaminpine’ are being compared the following difference is noticed: The ray florets of ‘Zanmuflamin’ are purple colored, while those of ‘Zanmuflamincran’ are red-purple and those of ‘Zanmuflaminpine’ are salmon colored.

The following is a description of the plant and characteristics that distinguish ‘Zanmuflamincran’ as a new and distinct variety.

The color designations are taken from the plant itself. Accordingly, any discrepancies between the color designations and the colors depicted in the photographs are due to photographic tolerances. The color chart used in this description is: The Royal Horticultural Society Colour chart, edition 2001.

TABLE 1 Detailed Botanical Description Bud Size Small; cross-section 6 mm, height 4 mm Shape Round Texture Pubescent Outside Color Greyed-green 191A Phyllaries Number 22, arranged in 3 rows Shape Elliptic Apex Acute Base Truncate Margin Entire Color Upper surface: Green N 138B Lower surface: Green N138C Length and width 4 mm; 2 mm Texture Pubescent Inflorescences Type Double Height 2 cm Diameter 4.5-5 cm Peduncle length 9-10 cm Peduncle color Yellow-green 146C Peduncle diameter 2 mm Peduncle texture Pubescent Number per branch Approx. 7 inflorescences Duration of flowering 5 weeks Seeds Produced in small quantities, ovate, Greyed-brown 199A, length 1.5 mm, diameter 0.5 mm Fragrance Faint chrysanthemum odor Color Center of inflorescence Immature stage: Greyed-purple 183B Mature stage: Yellow-green 150C Color of upper surface Yellow 6B at base to Red 47A at apex of the ray-florets Color of the lower Yellow 6C at base to Greyed-Red 182B surface of the ray-florets at apex Tonality from Distance A garden mum with red-purple blooms Color of the ray-florets Greyed-purple 186D after aging of the plant Ray florets Texture Upper and lower surface smooth Number 190-210 Shape Elliptic Apex Rounded to dentate Base Attenuate Cross-section Flat to convex Longitudinal axis of Straight majority Length of corolla tube 4 mm Ray-floret margin Entire Ray-floret length 1.5-2.3 cm Ray-floret width 3.5-5 mm Ratio length/width High Disc florets Absent Receptacle Color Yellow-green 145D Shape Domed raised Height 5 mm Diameter 4 mm Reproductive Organs Androecium Absent Gynoecium Present in ray florets Style color Yellow-green 154C Style Length 3 mm Stigma color Yellow 7A Stigma Width 1 mm Ovary Enclosed in calyx Plant Form Grown as a spray type pot mum, outdoor raised and mounded Growth habit Spherical shape Growth rate Medium to high Height 35 cm Width 55 cm Stem Color Greyed-brown 199A Stem Strength Strong Stem Brittleness Not brittle Stem Anthocyanin Greyed-purple 185C Coloration Internode length 2-3 cm Length of lateral branch From top to bottom 20-22 cm Lateral branch color Green 137 C Lateral branch, Strong attachment Lateral branch diameter 2 mm Branching (average Prolific with 8 breaks after pinching number of lateral branches) Natural season blooming September 6 (week 36) date Foliage Leaf color Upper side: Green N138B Lower side: Green 138C Color midvein Upper side: Yellow-green 147D Lower side: Yellow-green 148D Size Small; length 3-5cm, width 2-3 cm Quantity (number per 18-20 lateral branch) Shape Elliptic Texture upper side Sparsely pubescent Texture under side Pubescent Venation arrangement Palmate Shape of the margin Serrated Shape of Base of Sinus Rounded Between Lateral Lobes Margin of Sinus Between Diverging Lateral Lobes Shape of Base Attenuate to truncate Apex Mucronulate Petiole length 1-2 cm Petiole diameter 2 mm Petiole color Yellow-green 147D

TABLE 2 Differences with the comparison varieties ‘Zanmuflamincran’ ‘Zanmuflaminpine’ ‘Zanmuflamin’ Color Yellow 6B at base Yellow-white 158B Red-Purple58A upper-surface to Red 47A at most at base to Greyed- ray florets part purple 186C at most part 

1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuflamincran’ as described and illustrated. 